On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:31:35 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2009-12-15, sf > wrote:
>
>> business. If you can't, don't bother. I've eaten Bahn Mil on regular
>> french baguette and on Viet style baguette. Viet is better.
>
>Agreed. Lee's Sandwiches, which is a huge chain, now, makes 'em with
>French baguettes and it's jes not right. Gotta use the real Viet
>baguettes which have a softer crust.
>
>What's the avg price on a banh mi, these days, sf? It was about
>$1.50-1.75 for good one's when I moved a couple yrs back.
>
Figure $3. It was $2.75 for a long time, but they raised the price
this year. My local restaurant seems to be pretty much on target with
the rest of SF when it comes to the price of bahn mi, but YMMV if
you're out of the City. Paying the rent has a lot to do with menu
pricing here.

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